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Prosecutors have opened a court hearing in the murder case against New York real estate heir Robert Durst with photos of a letter directing them to the body of his slain friend. A former Los Angeles police criminalist testified Monday that the letter was addressed to Beverly...

A Texans Care for Children report shows teen girls in foster care are five-times more likely to become pregnant. Senior Child Welfare Policy Associate Kate Murphy says many future problems are created for both mother and child when a teen in foster care gets pregnant. Murphy...

The State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO) says despite a lengthy investigation by its investigators and the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), no one has ever been arrested and charged with setting fire to the fertilizer plant in West on April 17, 2013, that claimed 15 lives...

Four baboons are back in an enclosure after escaping briefly from a San Antonio medical research center. Officials at the Southwest National Primate Research Center, which is part of the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, say three of the baboons were captured within about 30...

A family spokesman says former first lady Barbara Bush "has been a rock in the face of her failing health." Jim McGrath did not elaborate as to the nature of the 92-year-old Bush's health problems. She is at home in Houston. McGrath says Bush "has decided not to seek additional...

Travis, Williamson, Bastrop and Burnet Counties are all included in a state drought disaster declaration by Gov. Greg Abbott. In all 72 counties from across the state are under threat from wildfire due to extraordinary drought conditions. (Photo: Shutterstock.com)

A nurse working at a Texas hospital has been accused of causing stroke-like injuries to seven patients, leading to the death of two and seriously injuring others. William George Davis was arrested after security video shows him entering patients' rooms at Christus Mother Frances...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says more than half of roughly 1,400 National Guard members the state wants to put on the U.S.-Mexico border are already on the job. Abbott said Thursday in the Texas border city of Weslaco that morale is high among troops. He spoke to reporters after a...

An attorney for former U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman says he's "very disappointed and sad" that a federal jury in Houston convicted Stockman of multiple fraud and conspiracy counts. Jurors agreed with federal prosecutors that the Republican misused charitable donations to pay for...